Okay, with that in mind:
My wife is of Ukrainian heritage, and most Canadian Ukrainians and a lot of Canadians don't like what Russia is doing in Ukraine. Does that give us a license to harass Russian Canadians who happen to have family members in Russia? Can we target the Orthodox Russian Church in Canada?
You can see where I am going with this, but that example could apply to anyone in Canada.
Yes, I see where you're going with it.
And I'll reiterate: "To be clear, attacking ANY place of worship, or any school, or anything else really, steps over the line. Attacking Canadian Jews, or Canadian Palestinians, is stepping over the line. There's a lot of frustration and anger on BOTH sides of this, and not one damn side is trying to push out cooler heads to deal with the situation. Instead, they're perpetuating the anger, frustration, and the bloodbath continues."
"And no, it's not right, at all. None of this shit is."
I could throw back at you the question of should Irish Canadians go off on... well, the rest of us, for the faults of the British against Ireland? Considering the make up of Canada being from mostly "somewhere else at some point in time", I'm sure all of us could find a grievance against some other group.
Obviously the answer to all of that - your statement included - yes, yes it could apply. See the big, bolded part three lines above.
But I'll also throw this at you, too. BOTH Palestinians, and Israelis, when it comes to this situation, are in a state of perpetual victimhood, whether real or imagined. And the rest of the world picks sides on that based on how convincing they are about who is to blame "this time" for the shitshow going on. Or rather, that's how it used to be.
There are some people now out here who are TIRED of it. Tired of Hamas balltagging the bull, tired of Israel crashing into the Palestinian's "china shop" in revenge. So now instead of just the "Israel is Right" or "Palestine is Right!" there's a third group tired of the bullshit and just wanting it all to stop, but those people still step in with the crowds on either side of the issue as if that'd help. Or they're holding their own protests that suddenly now has everyone who isn't part of their group pissed off and accusing them of being sell outs or siding with one side or the other.
And then there's the forth, background group that wants it all to keep going, and they are also in both main camps of thought, and it's THEM that are causing the real problems, the violence, etc.
The problem is, too many people are looking at only one side or the other and picking a side, instead of being outside and objective about it all. Which really is why it's lead to this overwhelming surge of fucking idiocy at protests.
The rules must apply to all, and the rule of law in Canada has become very subjective, political, and discriminatory.
No.
The law has been the law.
Just sometimes it works the way you want, sometimes it works the way others want. That doesn't mean it's become subjective, political or discriminatory.
If the law is as you said, those who are going over the line wouldn't be held accountable - and as far as I know, there are arrests being made, retaliations being done against those and other people (sometimes people who aren't actually doing anything illegal), so...
But let's look; on the Pro Palestinian side:
That's just the top of the search. The first link noted people were arrested for using a large flag to hide the street being painted.
Second link - people were having a sit in outside a bank.
Third link - blocking a rail line.
Fourth - another rail line blocked.
And on the Pro Israel side:
People arrested during the Walk with Israel.
That first link though, the CBC one - people protesting that were arrested were protesting not the war, but relaters selling land in the West Bank. The West Bank that is, if you remember, NOT Israeli land to sell, despite the "claims".
A little further down - two links actually, we get this:
Which in the article, says: "“The right to protest ends where criminal behaviour begins, which includes intimidation, harassment or hateful behaviour,”
Deputy Police Chief Lauren Pogue said in a statement leading up to the event. “Those who attend this event and engage in criminal activity can expect to be arrested.”"
So please explain your belief that the law is NOT being followed, that it's subjective, political and discriminatory, when it comes to this situation? Looks like it's happening to both sides to me when they step over the line.